Author: Frank Marion King
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Pioneer Western Empire Builders
Author: Frank Marion King
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Early Empire Builders of the Great West
Author: Moses Kimball Armstrong
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
"This volume is compiled from the author's 'Early History of Dakota Territory, ' published in 1866, to which are here added other pioneer sketches of early adventures, Indian wars, overland journeys, and pen pictures of pioneer law makers in the legislature and in congress thirty and forty years ago. All the historical and descriptive sketches herein were written at the time and place wherein the scenes are laid, by the author, who was an actual participant and a personal witness."--Preface.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
"This volume is compiled from the author's 'Early History of Dakota Territory, ' published in 1866, to which are here added other pioneer sketches of early adventures, Indian wars, overland journeys, and pen pictures of pioneer law makers in the legislature and in congress thirty and forty years ago. All the historical and descriptive sketches herein were written at the time and place wherein the scenes are laid, by the author, who was an actual participant and a personal witness."--Preface.
The Early Empire Builders of the Great West
Author: Moses Kimball Armstrong
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780598279125
Category : Dakota Territory
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
The author, at the age of 18, migrated west of Mississippi and began his frontier life as a pioneer surveyor, and all the historical and descriptive sketches herein were written at the time and place where the scenes are laid. This volume is compiled from his Early History of Dakota Territory, published in 1866, to which are here added other pioneer sketches of early adventures, Indian wars, overland journeys, and pen pictures of pioneer law makers in the legislature and in congress thirty and forty years ago Content includes: Early History of Dakota Territory (Indian Traditions; The Fur Trade; Early Settlements); Pioneer Legislature Indian Wars (Early Divorces; First Railroad Bill; Gold Fever; General Sully's Expedition); After a Quarter of a Century; and Sketches of Southern Life. Moses K. Armstrong was a Member of Congress from Minnesota, and secretary of the Dakota Historical Association.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780598279125
Category : Dakota Territory
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
The author, at the age of 18, migrated west of Mississippi and began his frontier life as a pioneer surveyor, and all the historical and descriptive sketches herein were written at the time and place where the scenes are laid. This volume is compiled from his Early History of Dakota Territory, published in 1866, to which are here added other pioneer sketches of early adventures, Indian wars, overland journeys, and pen pictures of pioneer law makers in the legislature and in congress thirty and forty years ago Content includes: Early History of Dakota Territory (Indian Traditions; The Fur Trade; Early Settlements); Pioneer Legislature Indian Wars (Early Divorces; First Railroad Bill; Gold Fever; General Sully's Expedition); After a Quarter of a Century; and Sketches of Southern Life. Moses K. Armstrong was a Member of Congress from Minnesota, and secretary of the Dakota Historical Association.
Henry Plant
Author: Kelly Reynolds
Publisher: Florida Historical Society Press
ISBN: 1886104069
Category : Florida
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Tells the story of the Connecticut Yankee who built an empire of railroads, steamships, communication centers, and luxury hotels from Charleston to Tampa Bay, to Mobile, to Key West, to Cuba.
Publisher: Florida Historical Society Press
ISBN: 1886104069
Category : Florida
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Tells the story of the Connecticut Yankee who built an empire of railroads, steamships, communication centers, and luxury hotels from Charleston to Tampa Bay, to Mobile, to Key West, to Cuba.
Pioneer Western Empire Builders
Author: Frank Marion King
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Come An' Get It
Author: Ramon F. Adams
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806110134
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Come an’ Get It was the most familiar and welcome call on the range era of the great trail drives following the Civil War. In this entertaining volume, Ramon F. Adams, author of the popular Western Words, tell the story of the old cowboy cooks, and the result is another highly original contribution to the folklore of the cattle country. Although the cowboy cleared the Southwestern frontier of savage Indians and opened the land for settlement, the cook and his commissary contributed greatly to the success of the operation; for as an army depends upon its mess-kitchens, so the cowboys depended upon the chuck wagon. Without it, there would have been to trail drives to rescue Texas from bankruptcy following the Civil War, no roundups to speed the development of the cattle industry, and no beef for the heavily populated areas of the United States. The author records the place and influence of the range cook upon Western life. He discusses the functions of “coosie,” the food he served, and his methods of preparing it-giving recipes for sourdough biscuits, fluff-duffs, son-of-a-bitch stew, and other distinctive dishes of the range. He describes, too, “the wagon,” its evolution, and its place in the hearts of the men who called it home. Although there remain a few chuck wagons on the larger ranches today, they have become so scarce that one is rarely seen except in a museum or a rodeo parade, and the younger generation of cooks, like the cowboys themselves has been tamed. Every cook was a “character,” perhaps with reason, for no man ever worked under greater difficulties or with fewer conveniences. Anecdotes and incidents which illuminate the idiosyncrasies of these “Sultans of the Skillets” are recounted with gusto. Nick Eggenhofer’s drawings help Mr. Adams bring the cook and his accoutrement vividly to life.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806110134
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Come an’ Get It was the most familiar and welcome call on the range era of the great trail drives following the Civil War. In this entertaining volume, Ramon F. Adams, author of the popular Western Words, tell the story of the old cowboy cooks, and the result is another highly original contribution to the folklore of the cattle country. Although the cowboy cleared the Southwestern frontier of savage Indians and opened the land for settlement, the cook and his commissary contributed greatly to the success of the operation; for as an army depends upon its mess-kitchens, so the cowboys depended upon the chuck wagon. Without it, there would have been to trail drives to rescue Texas from bankruptcy following the Civil War, no roundups to speed the development of the cattle industry, and no beef for the heavily populated areas of the United States. The author records the place and influence of the range cook upon Western life. He discusses the functions of “coosie,” the food he served, and his methods of preparing it-giving recipes for sourdough biscuits, fluff-duffs, son-of-a-bitch stew, and other distinctive dishes of the range. He describes, too, “the wagon,” its evolution, and its place in the hearts of the men who called it home. Although there remain a few chuck wagons on the larger ranches today, they have become so scarce that one is rarely seen except in a museum or a rodeo parade, and the younger generation of cooks, like the cowboys themselves has been tamed. Every cook was a “character,” perhaps with reason, for no man ever worked under greater difficulties or with fewer conveniences. Anecdotes and incidents which illuminate the idiosyncrasies of these “Sultans of the Skillets” are recounted with gusto. Nick Eggenhofer’s drawings help Mr. Adams bring the cook and his accoutrement vividly to life.
The Early Empire Builders of the Great West
Author: Moses Kimball Armstrong
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dakota Territory
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dakota Territory
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Six-Guns and Saddle Leather
Author: Ramon Frederick Adams
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486400358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Authoritative guide to everything in print about lawmen and the lawless—from Billy the Kid to the painted ladies of frontier cow towns. Nearly 2,500 entries, taken from newspapers, court records, and more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486400358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Authoritative guide to everything in print about lawmen and the lawless—from Billy the Kid to the painted ladies of frontier cow towns. Nearly 2,500 entries, taken from newspapers, court records, and more.
The Early Empire Builders of the Great West
Author: Moses K. Armstrong
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dakota Territory
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dakota Territory
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Empire Builders
Author: Francis Lynde
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
"Empire Builders" by Francis Lynde is a work of fiction, but it effectively describes the relationship between big business expansion with the focus on building and operating railroads in the West and the effects on the land owners and those who used public land to graze their stock. It also explains the forming of associations and backroom planning to take control of the Rail Road Commission.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
"Empire Builders" by Francis Lynde is a work of fiction, but it effectively describes the relationship between big business expansion with the focus on building and operating railroads in the West and the effects on the land owners and those who used public land to graze their stock. It also explains the forming of associations and backroom planning to take control of the Rail Road Commission.